Galveston County, Texas - The whole text, 1895 (part 25 of 26)

^y'^ AVID MORLEY was born at Isles- I I worth, near Richmond, Middlesex, /^^_^ England, July 16, 1843, where he grew to manhood, coming thence in 1 87 I to the United States. He first located at Dickinson, Te.xas, and spent two years there engaged in farming, after which he removed to Galveston, where he located on the Woollam lake property. He resided on this place imtil 1876, when he moved further west on the island, about five miles out from the city hall, and in company with Charles Drake was engaged in the dairy business up to 1889. Selling his interest in this Mr. Morley started in business for himself on twenty acres of his present home. As he had received a good education in his native country and had there been thoroughly trained in business pursuits, he was well prepared to take his chances in this country. Success has crowned his efforts and he is classed among the substantial men of his section. In his business career, in his social life, in his domestic affairs, in all his varied relations, Mr. Morley impresses those with whom he comes in contact as a man of integrity and character.

In 1869 he married Miss Emma Bashford, a native of Clapham, London city, England, born March 22, 1856, the daughter of trades-people who were engaged in the retail fruit trade in London. The following children have been born to this union: Charlotte Fannie, born on Ballspond road, Islington, in the city of London, February 8, 1869, and was married in September, 1888, to Alfred Briscall, a native of Birmingham, England. They ha\'e had two children: George, born August 18, 1889; and Walter, born February 30, 1893. Mr. Morley is energetic and persevering, and in the face of serious reverses by flood and epidemics has prospered, and has one of the prettiest homes on Galveston island. He is a minister of the gospel, preaching occasionally, if not regularly, in local pulpits. He stands high in the community for probity and good citizenship.

EENRY RANKEL was born in Prussia, Germany, May 22, 1843, when about fifteen years of age shipped as a sailor before the mast at Liverpool, England, and came to America, landing in New York. He came to Galveston in 1866, and after following boating two years he engaged in farming, buying a small place west of the city, where he took up market-gardening, which he has followed with \ev\ fair success.

Mr. Rankcl married Miss Reka Boehl, daughter of John Boehl, deceased, who was one of Galveston's respected German citizens, Mrs. Rankel having been born in Germany and brought by her parents to Texas when she was twelve years old. Of the eight children born to their union only four now survive, as follows: Henry, born February 2 i , 1875; Marquis, January 7, 1878; Annie, July 4, 1881; and Minnie, January 10, 1S85.

aOL. WILLIAM BALDWIN DENSON was born in Macon county, Alabama, in December, 1S37. His father was Col. Jolin N. Denson, wlio was a native of Georgia, a planter b^' occupation and a soldier in the Florida Indian wars of 1836, in which he served with distinction as the commander of an Alabama regiment under' General Andrew Jackson. He died in Alabama in 1S39.

The mother of William Baldwin Denson bore the maiden name of Amanda Baldwin, and was also a native of Georgia, born at Milledgeville, the old State capital. l>oth hers and her husband's families settled in Georgia at an early date, coming originally from Virginia. She was married, however, in Alabama, whither her parents had emigrated during her childhood. After the death of her husband Mrs. Denson moved with her family in the early '40s to Louisiana and thence, in December, 1853, t(.) Texas, settling in what was then Polk county, but now San Jacinto county.

William B. Denson was sixteen when his mother came to Texas. His youth was passed in Mansfield, Louisiana, where his early education was mostly obtained. He attended Baylor University at Independence, Washington county, at which he graduated in December, 1857, with the first honors of his class. Having selected the law as his profession he went to Shreveport, Louisiana, where he entered the office of Colonel B. L. Hodge, with whom he read law something over a year and then graduated in the law department of the University of New Orleans in 1859.

Returning to Shreveport Mr. Denson opened an office and began the practice of his profession; but before he got fairly started hostilities between the North and

South broke out, and as thousands of others did he abandoned civil pursuits to take up arms in defense of his sectitm, enlisting, April, 1 86 1, in a company raised at Shreveport, of which he was made Color Sergeant, and with which he immediately repaired to the scene of active operations in Virginia. He served with his command in the vicinity of Richmond until February, 18O2, when under orders from the Secretary of War he returned to Shreveport, and raised two companies of "partisan rangers," which were consolidated with several other companies into the Sixth Louisiana Cavalry, and of this he was made Lieutenant Colonel. Entering the Trans-Mississippi Department with this command, he took part in some of the most important movements in Arkansas and Louisiana following that date. He was captured by the enemy at the battle of Arkansas Post in January, 1S63, but effected his escape from them a few da)'s afterward. After the retreat of our army from Little Rock his command was placed on picket duty and spent about two months of the time at Tulip, Arkansas, assisting in the protection of General Price's army. His command was disbanded at Mansfield, Louisiana, on the 20th of May, 1865, when General Kirby Smith disbanded his army.

After the war Colonel Denson went to Lake Providence, Louisiana, where he engaged in planting for two years, when, in the spring of 1868, he returned to Texas and settled at Cold Springs, in San Jacinto county. He resided there engaged m planting and practicing law until 1876, at which date he irioved to Galveston. During his twenty years' residence in this city he has devoted himself exclusively and with a fair share of success to his profession. He practices mostly in civil cases, and has the handling of interests representing a considerable amount of capital, his clientage coming mainly from the business men of the city. He served for six years as a member of the Board of Education of Galveston, two years of which time he was chairman of the board.

March 26, 1865, Colonel Denson married Miss Mar)' Shelby Blackburn, a daughter of Dr. Flournoy and Kate Shelby Blackburn, of Kentucky, and a cousin of the present United States Senator Joe C. S. Blackburn, and the late ex-CiON'ernor Luke P. Blackburn, of Kentucky. The issue of this union has been two daughters: Fannie, widow of Lee \\'illis; and Ada B., wife of Milton H. Potter, both of Galveston.

Colonel Denson has been a life-long Democrat, a Mason since 1868 and a member of the Baptist Church for forty years, in which he has for seventeen years past been a Deacon and for nearly half that length of time Superintendent of Sunda\- schools, in which he takes an active, earnest interest. He has a beautiful and happy home in Galveston, around which gathers his lo\ing interest and tenderest care.

>nr*ACOUES TACOUARD, deceased, fl was born in Alsace, France, on the /-I 29th day of December, 1836. At the age of ten, in 1846, he came to Texas and took up his abode in the vicinity of San Antonio, where he remained until the opening of the late Civil war, when he went to Mexico. He remained on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande engaged in c\\'i\ pursuits until the restoration of peace in this countr}', when he returned to Texas and settled at Galveston. He had saved some means from his previous years' labors, but not enough to enable him to engage in any business pursuits, and for some time after settling here he worked at the carpenter's trade, which he had picked up during his residence in Mexico. About 1869 or 1S70 he began to invest in cheap country lands, buying at that date a considerable tract in the \icinity of Hitchcock, Galveston county, to which he moved in the last named year. There he embarked in the cattle business, and in the flush times for cattle men which followed he made a considerable amount of mone\-. His surplus was thus regularly invested, and through industry and good management, aided somewhat l)y circumstances, he laid the foundation of a comfortable fortune, being at the time of his death one of the largest real-estate owners and cattle dealers in Galveston county.

Mr. Tacquard was purely a man of business. He ne\-er held a position of any note in his life, and took only a passing interest in matters of public concern. He was public-spirited, however, and charitable, as became one of his means. He believed in the strict enforcement of the laws and in fostering all of those factors and influences that tend to give a healthy moral tone to the connnimity. He was reared a Catholic and was a liberal contributor to the support (.)f his church.

In January, 1863, Mr. Tacquard married Miss [ulia Jacobs, a native of Switzerland, who emigrated to Texas in company with her sister, Pearline, now Mrs. F. Reneau, \\-hen they were young. The issue of this union was eight children, namely: George, now deceased; Adolph H., Ennna, Louisa, Jacques, Frederick, August and Julia. Mrs. Tacquard died in 1S81. In 1882 Mr. Tacquard married Miss Faustine Bouthery, a native of Galveston and a

(laiif;'htLT of Alexander and Marie Bonthery, who enii.tjrated from France to Texas in 1855 and settled at Gaheston. The offspring of this union was four children, viz,. : Clenience, Georgiana, Gabrella and Estella. (^n the 23d day of September, 1894, after a brief illness, Mr. Tacquard died, deeply mourned by his family and greatly missed by the connnunity of which he was a valued member.

'ITLXANDER ALLEN was born in Lynn, Ahissachusetts, March 23, 1818. His father was \\'orthington Allen, who was a nati\'e ol the same place, a farmer a id tanner by occupation. The mother of Alexander Allen died when he was young, and his father marrying again and having a large family of children by his second wife, Alexander was taken by Mr. Amos Flemming, his uncle by marriage, into whose family he was adopted and by whom he was taught the trade of marble cutter. Mr. Flemming moved to Geneva, New York, and there the youth and earl}' manhood of the subject i:>f this sketch were passed. In that place, on October 17, 1839, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Stephen and Lydia Capron, who was born at Spring Mills, near Syracuse, New York, September 10, 1821, Mrs. .Mien's father being a Revolutionary soldier and man of some means, ha\'ing been for several years engaged in the furniture business in Auburn and Beech's Island, New York. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. .\llcn settled at Seneca Falls, New York, at which place and at Canandaigua, Beech's Ishu'.d and at Peim Yau in that State, hefollcj\srd his trade until 1852.

B. Adams, who had come to Texas about 1837 and Settled at Gaheston, he was induced by that gentleman to mo\e t<.) the Lone Star State, and in 1852 came out and took up his residence in the Island City. Here he became the pioneer marble man of Texas, and followed his trade successfully in this city for a period of thirty years, until his death, which occurred December 20, 1882. Mr. Allen was a steady-going, industrious, upright business man; a goi)d. citizen, kind neighbor and faithful friend. Sur\-iving him he left a widow, who is still living; one son. Loyal Allen, a marble dealer, residing at San Antonio, Texas; and two daughters, Marcia E., wife of Captain Joseph Aiken, of Hitchcock, Galveston county, Texas; and Sarah E.,who was twice married, - first to a Mr. Bennett and secondly to a Mr. Jar\ is.

0''APTAIN JOE AIKEN, arepresentati\e citizen of Galveston county, Texas, was born in Portland, Maine, August 9, 1836, bemg a son of Robert Aiken and Martha Minot, the former of whom was a native of New Hampshire, and the latter a native of Maine. On his father's side Captain Aiken descended from Scotch ancestry and on his mother's side from French. Family tradition has it that three brothers of the name of Aiken emigrated from Scotland to America in 1700 and settled in New Hampshire. Their names were Samuel, Peter and James. Samuel was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was a volunteer in. the war with Great Britain and lost his life at Bunker Hill. He left a family of nine ( hildren: Rosanna, who liecame the wiK- of A. McGregor; Lucy, who was married to

Thomas Ray, James, Catherine, William, Samuel, Robert, Mary, who was married to Levy Whitney, and Nancy. The seventh of the above, Robert Aiken, was the father of Joe of this article. He was born and reared in Chester, New Hampshire, whence after attaining his majority he went to Portland, Maine, where he formed a partnership with two men named Frothingham and Cox, under the firm name of Aiken, Frothingham & Co.x, ship-owners and granite workers, for several years furnishing the stone tliat went into Government buildings and other public improvements in the Eastern States. In 1836 they took the contract to furnish the stone for the erection of the first customhouse ever put up in New Orleans, at which time and to look after which contract, Mr. Aiken went to that city. There, during the yellow-fever epidemic of the following year, he was taken with the disease and died. He had large business interests, owning in connection with his partners four sailing vessels, the Citizen, Teaser, Thetis and Boxer, which plied between Portland, Maine, and New Orleans, via Havana, and commanded a large patronage, in addition to his contract business.

Martha Minot, the mother of the subject of this notice, came of a Fi^ench family that settled in Maine in an early day. Her fatherwasinthe American Revolution and lost his life in the cause of liberty. Mrs. Martha Minot Aiken was the youngest of a family of six children, the others being Sarah, who was married to Gideon Stickney, Thomas, Edward, Henry and James.

Captain Aiken was reared by his aunt, Mrs. Whitney, at Boston, Massachusetts, up to the age of fourteen, when he went to sea and sailed till 1853. Being then in Australia he was taken with the gold fever and spent several mcjnths mining in the interior of that country. I^esuming life on the sea he followed this until 18158, when he came ti) Texas, landing at Galveston in October of that jear, and soon afterward engaged in the book and stationer}' business at Houston. At the opening of the late war he entered the Confederate army, enlisting in Captain Saunders' company, which was mustered into service as part of Bates' regiment. He was stationed with his command for a while at ^'elasco, Texas, after which he was transferred to the marine department, becoming signal master on board the Harriet Lane after her capture, signal master on board the Clifton at Sabine Pass, and later served in the signal corps and in the adjutant's office.

In the summer of 1865 Captain Aiken became the agent of the Houston Direct Navigation Compau}-, and was connected with this company for sixteen years. He then became connected with the Galveston Wharf Company, of which he was secretary for eight years. In 1889 he retired from active business, and, moving to Hitchcock, in Galveston county, turned his attention to fruit-growing. He owns an elegant place at this truly beautiful suburban spot, and is doing his full share toward attracting attention to this portion of the county and securing for it a desirable class of citizens.

Captain Aiken married Miss Marcia Allen, at Galveston, on January 18, 1865, Mrs. Aiken being a native of Geneva, New York, where she was born May 14, 1846. Her parents were Alexander Allen and Elizabeth Hanville, the former of whom was a native of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and the latter a native of Nelson, Pennsylvania. Captain Aiken and wife have three children, Joseph Percy, residing in Temple, Texas, and

Robert W. and Albert A., still with their parents. He and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church, and he also belongs to the Masonic fraternit}- and to Confederate Veterans' Association, Marine Department.

HXTONE MENTZEL is a son of .\ntone Mentzel, Sr., who came to Galveston, Texas, in 1S55, direct from the city of Oestrich, dermany, where he was born. He brou.s^ht with him to this country his wife, and the fdllowin,^- children: Antone; Mary, who became the wife of John W'e^^ner and is now deceased, and John; Gustaf was born i_)n Galveston island. Mr. Mentzel resided in Galveston about si.\ months only, after which he moved out to the island, and there followed the calling of a mechanic, and being industrious and honest was esteemed as a citizen. He died of yellow fever, in 1867. His wife is still living, residing at the old home about nine miles west of the city of Galveston.

Antone Mentzel, Jr., was born June 11, 1847, and at the time of his father's death was but tvvent}' years of age. Being the eldest of a dependent family the burden of their care and support fell upon his shoulders. Game was \ery ?bundant on the island at that time, the market prices for all kinds of wild game were good, and as Antone was skillful in the use of the rifle and shotgun, he decitleil to follow this occupation as a means (_)f obtaining mone}-, and by following it with perseverance for a number of years he made a living for himself and those dependent upon him. Still better, he paid for the home in which they lived, and while thus doing his duty and accomplishing what many under more favoral)le circumstances would have failed to do, he derived much enjoj-ment from his occupation. He inherited his father's mechanical tendencies as well as his habits of industry, and when more profitable occupations failed him, he worked on various jobs with his tools, the result being that he acquired a good home for his aged mother and a comfortable competency for himself and family. He was married to Miss Rebecca, daughter of Christopher Schmidt, a pioneer of Galveston, September 9, 1876. She was born in Galveston February 13, 1854, and the fruits of their union are as follows: Antone, Jr., born December 9, 1877; Henry, December 23, 1882; Hartford, July 16, 1885; Frederick, May 28, 1888; Clara, December 11, 1 891, and Laura, December 10, 1893. Mr. Mentzel's father and mother were born September 24, 1810, and November 21, 1825, respectively, and his brothers and sisters are as follows; Mary, August 15, 1850; John, April 16, 1854; and Gustaf, November 23, 1863.

eDWARD RAY, deceased. - The name of Edward Ray is not an unfamiliar one to those having a knowledge of the history of this section and of its development. He came to Te.xas about 1848, and after a short residence in Collin county, made his way to Galveston island, where he passed the remainder of his days. He came originally from New York, his birth occurring in Syracuse, that State, and he passed his youth and bo\-hood and received his education there. In his choice of a companion in life he selected Miss Margaret Hotalling, a most estimable lady and the daughter of Peter G. Hotalling, and subsequently located on the island, where, in connection with farming.

he was enj^aged successfully in the dairy business. Industrious and enterprising, he ga\'e nearly his whole time and attention to his chosen callings, and time showed the wisdom of his choice. Though devoting most of his time to these interests he did not lose sight of his duties as a citizen, and gave liberally of his means to further all worthy purposes. In his death the count}' lost a good citizen, his wife a kind and attentive husband and his children an excellent father. Of the latter there were four, as follows: Henry S. ; Kate E. , who married J. L. Ratisseau; Susan, who is single and resides on the old home place; and Emily, who died in 1870. These children became worth}' members of society and have reflected credit on the famil}' name. The mother died in 1S91.

Henry S. Ray was born in Galveston, June 3, 1858, and there grew to mature years and was educated. He married Miss Elizabeth Weyer, daughter of Henry Weyer, an old citizen of Galveston island. The issue of this union has been two children: Mary E. and Edward Henry.

'^Y'OHN HENRY WEYER, deceased. - ^ While living this gentleman was A 1 familiarly known as Henry Weyer, and as he was a public-spirited, lawabiding and useful citizen a brief sketch of his life in this volume will be of more than passing interest to his many friends and will be a just tribute to a good man.

He was born near Cologne-on-the-Rhine, Germany, in Eebruar}', 1 806, and as his father was a tiller of the soil he was brougiit up to that health}' occupation until he reached the age of fourteen }'ears, at which time he left home and went to Glasgow,

Scotland, -where he learned the art of clothcoloring, confining himself mainly to coloring Turkish red. After years of hard labor he saved about $goo in gold, which he brought witli him to this country and deposited in a bank in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but this bank soon after failed and he lost his hardearned money, and he had to commence anew the battle of life jicnniless, and in a foreign country. After he had worked and accumulated a little money, he came to New Orleans, from which place he moved to Velasco, Texas, which was then the leading seaport of the State, and for some time thereafter, as a means of livelihood, was engaged in farm labor. After a time he came to Galveston and engaged in gardening and truck farming, as well as in the dairy business, and was engaged in these occupations more or less up to the day of his death. He left a comfortable estate. He was married in Galveston to Miss Sophia Engel, a daughter of John M. Engel, who was born in Switzerland and came to Galveston, Texas, with her brother. Rev. August Engel, a Methodist Episcopal clergyman, with the Texas Colonization Company.

Henry Weyer, son of John Henry and Sophia We}'er, was born on Gah'eston island, December 16, 1847, and in the city of Galveston and at St. Mary's College he received his education. In 1864 Mr. Weyer was engaged in freighting cotton to Mexico. In January 1865, he enlisted in Company G, Kennard's Battalion, and served till the close of the war. The three years following the war he spent in Europe, mostl}' in Germany, France and England. From 1881 to 1 888 he ^\-as engaged in teaching in the home districts on the island. He held the office of Justice of the Peace from April iS, 1876, to December, 1890, and during this long period sliowed excellent judgment in the discharge of his duties, was at all times impartial and was therefore well liked. He has followed dairying and farming and is well fixed financially. He was marrietl in Galveston to Miss Mary Ivleimann, a native of that city, born May 6, 1852, a daughter of Bernard Kleirnann, a derman pioneer of 1844. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. \\'e\er five sons and five daughters lia\e been born: S. Elizabeth (Mrs. Henry S. Ka\'j, born September 15, 1 871; Henry, Jr., July 7, 1873; .Vlexander B., April 17. 1874; Mary Pauline, born No\ember 21, 1876, died in October, 1877; Mary Agnes, born July 24, I 87 5; Joseph Patrick, February 14, 1878; John Thomas, September 21, 1S80; Annie M., January 26, 1882; and I^ouis George, October 18, 188:;.

T. ALr,HX. - William Allen, father of \\\\v\ T. Allen, was born in Morgan count\', Georgia, August i, 1795, and in the State of his birth married Miss Martha Webb, and the number of their child|-en was an old-fashioned one, thirteen, fi\-e of whom are living at the present writing: Rebecca, wiilow of Mr. IJewitt; Lucinda, widow of Solomon Dermon, li\ing near Meriilian, Mississippi; Julia (Mrs. lirskinson;, li\ing in the same place; Clem S., a farmer of Kemper coimt}', Mississippi, and Wiley T. , the subject of this sketch. Deuitt lost his life during the war while in the Confederate army; George tiled at \\'arringt()n, Virginia, in the Confederate ser\ice, in July, 1862; John died near .\thens, in Henderson count}-, Texas; and all the rest died young. The father died at

\\'iley T. Allen was born in Perry county, Alabama, April 5, 1835, and remained with and assisted his father on the plantation until he had attained the age of about twenty years, after which he became an overseer in Alabama until i860. He entered the Confederate army at the opening of the late war, enlisting in the Twenty-sixth Texas Cavalry, with which he served till it was disbanded. May 28, 1S65, participating in all the engagements of the Red river campaign.

After the war he settled on his present property on Galveston island, where he has since been engaged in farming. He was married October 20, 1863, to Miss Anna Butler, a daughter of Captain John W. Butler, who was born off the isle of San Domingo, on a large vessel. His father was a Colonel in the British army and all his ancestors military men. For seven years Captain ISutler was Indian agent in Canada for the British government. He was married to Henrietta D. Onderside, Ln Philadelj)hia, Pennsylvania, in 1832, after which he remo\ed to France and for four or five years was a resident of the city of Tours. .\t the end of that period he returned to Amcrii-a and took up his residence in Texas, and embarked in the live-oak-timber business for Government uses, which occupation he pursued on the Brazos ri\er from 1832 to 1839 and lost considerable money. He then settled on Galveston island near the present Catholic Orphans' Home, and was engaged there in dair} ing and farming until his death, which occurred June 25, 1881. Mrs. Allen was born nu the island Octol)er 20, 1845, and her imion with Mr. Alien has resulted in the birth of the follow- ing children: Lucy, born July 21, 1872; William J. and Herbert B. (tvvinsj were born December 12, 1877; Claud Marion was born November 12, 1892; and four children died in early childhood. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have a comfortable home and dispense generous hospitality to the numerous friends they have gathered about them.

in point of residence and actual experience, is one of the oldest pilots living" in the city of Galveston. He was born in northeast France, January 8, 1839, a son of Nicholas and Margaret (Millet) Drouet, and was brought by his parents to Texas in 1842. He has passed his entire life in Galveston, and since he was old enough to be aboard a vessel he has been on the waters of the gulf, the bay and the streams of this general locality. In his youth Captain Drouet sailed a small vessel called the Water Lily, with which he carried the mails and did some passenger and traffic business between Galveston and Virginia Point before the island and mainland were connected by bridges.

Soon after the opening of the late war Captain Drouet volunteered as a private in the Confederate army and was assigned to duty on the Royal Yacht, marine department. After a brief service on this vessel he left it in company with a number of his comrades on account of some dissatisfaction and joined the land forces, enlisting in Company B, Cook's Heavy Artillery. As a member of this company he was detailed to duty on the cotton-clad steamer, Bayou City, on which he served as assistant pilot and shared in the honor of the capture of the celebrated Federal steamer, Harriet

Since the war Captain Drouet has followed piloting, having held for the past twenty-eight years a license from the United States Government as pilot and master of steam vessels. He is a member of the Galveston Pilot Association.

In November, 1865, Captain Drouet married Miss Josephine Chambard, who was born near Lyons, France, and was brought by her parents to Texas about 1857. The offspring of this union has been five daughters and three sons, all of whom were born in Galveston, are living and are residents of this city, these being: Virginia, wife of Alexander Caudou; Adele, wife of William Boddeker; Edma, Josephine, Edith, Charles, Edwin and Pierre. Captain Drouet's father is still living, being a resident of Galveston, and is now in his eighty-sixth year, having been born in November, 1808. Captain Drouet has one brother living, Captain Adolph Drouet, and one sister, Mrs. Leonie Bray, widow of Edward Bray, both residents of Galveston.

eE. SEIXAS. - More than three centuries ago, during the religious disturbances in southern Europe, a large body of Spaniards left their native countr\' and settled in southern France, among whom was one named Scias, who subsequently made that country his home, and, dying, left his posterity. The name was gallicised to Seixas, and the family continued to occupy French soil without the occurrence of anything to affect its history till near the end of the last century, when the troubles then existing between France and England led to one of its members, M. Seixas, a man of wealth and political influence, being appointed governor of the French possessions in the island of Hayti. M. Seixas was for some \ears a central figure in the pulitical and commercial history of that island, but linally, after the great insurrection ancf the overthrow of the French government there, he was forced to abandon the country, barely escaping with his life in company with eight of his countrymen. He came to the United States, where he established his domicile and afterward preferred a claim of $3,000,000 against the French government for the loss of his property, which had been confiscated and destroyed by the insurgents. This claim was acknowledged and granted liy the French government, but subsequently cut down by Napoleon's administration to $1, 500, 000, the claim still being in force and yielding his heirs a small revenue. M. Seixas made his home in this country after coming here, and died in New York city.

Charles Louis Seixas, son of M. Seixas, was born in Paris, France, about the year 1793, where he was reared and educated, being in school during his father's stay in Hayti. He subsequently joined his father in the United States after the latter's arrival here. He married Harriet Hurd, a native of New York cit}', about 1827, and, soon afterward establishing himself in the wholesale marble business in St. Louis and New Orleans, was actively engaged in this business from that time until his death, which occurred at New Orleans in 1846, during the yellow-fever epidemic of that year. His widow, who survived him only a short time, died in New York State near the place of her nativity.

four sons were born: Charles Louis, Jr. ; William, Eugene E. and Henry O. The second of these, William, died at about the age of sixteen; the others became grown. Charles Louis was lor many years a resident of New Orleans, where he died about I 874. He was a gallant soldier during the late war, serving in the Confederate arm)- as a member of the Louisiana artillery from New Orleans, with which he took part in all the operations of the army around Richmond. Henry O. resides in New York city; is a man of large means and leads an active life in the financial world. He is a bachelor. He also served in the Confederate army throughout the late war, being a member of Girardy's artillery, with which he took part in all the principal battles fought by the armies of Virginia and Tennessee, to each of which commands at N'arying periods he belonged.

Eugene E. Seixas was born in the city of New York, June 16, 183S. He was reared in that city, in the schools of which he received a good English education, and there learned during his youth the trade of a carriage-maker. He went to New Orleans in i860, and on the opening of the Civil war in 1861, through the persuasion of friends, entered the Confederate arm\', enlisting in Company C, Fourteenth Louisiana Infantry. His service was short, he being se\erely wounded at the outset in the right arm and right breast, from the effects of which he was rondereil unfit for duty during the rL-niainder of the war.

After the surrender Mr. Seixas returned to New Orleans, where he worked for a short time at his trade, when, in the fall of 1865, he came to Texas and lettled in Galveston. On taking up his residence in that city he opened a shop fc^r the manufacture ami repair of carriajjes in ]iartnership with John N. Stowe. In 1S75 Mr. Stowe sold his interest to Mr. Seixas, since which time the latter has conducted the business alone. From the first Mr. Sei.xas has enjoyed a good patronage, and he has earnestly striven to deserve it. He has made his business a study, and has endeavored to advance the standard of excellence. As a result he is recognized as the leader in style and finish in all kinds of carriages, and has a reputation extending beyond the bounds of the county in which he resides. While developing this business with energy and the strictest personal application, Mr. Seixas has found time to take some part in things going on around him, and has even interested himself in other lines of activity of a private nature, is known as an enthusiastic and practical horse fancier and breeder, and has probably done more than any other man on Galveston island to raise the grade and improve the strains of horse-flesh in this locality. He imported the horse Morgan and is the owner of Overton, No. 1475, the high-bred son of Harold, and one of the finest-bred horses in the South. Mr. Seixas has never been in public life, having confined himself strictly to business and as far as possible avoided everything sa\-oring of a political nature.

New Orleans. Mrs. Seixas' parents were for many years residents of the Crescent Citv, where her father was well and favorably known as a contractor and builder. He died in that city recently, at the advanced age of eighty-one years. To Mr.

and Mrs. Seixas three sons and two daughters have been born: Harry O., now with Swift cS: Conipan}-, of Chicago; Armour H., in the employ of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company at Hartford, Connecticut; Charles Louis, at school; Ceha E., at home with her parents; and Eugenie E., deceased. These children and a pleasant home presided over with grace, dignity and kindness l)y an intelligent, accomplished and most estimable wife, make his homelife a source of never-failing happiness, being a fit complement to a prosperous and honorable business career.

HNDREW JAY JOHNSON, a reasonably successful real-estate dealer and stockman of Texas, is a product of St. Landry parish, Louisana, his birth occurring May 27, 1844. His parents, Raphael and Mercline (Marques) Johnson, were also born in St. Landry parish, Louisiana, the former in 1807. The maternal grandfather, Simon Marques, was born in Grand Pre, Nova Scotia, and was one of tliose who were banished from that cnuntr}- by the British, but, unlike many of those unfortunate people, was accompanied to Louisana by his family. The paternal grandfather, who also bore the name of Raphael, was born in Denmark and came to the New World and the State of Louisiana in 1790. The Johnsons and the Marques were planters, and the heads of each family were men of considerable financial ability. The father of the subject of this sketch died in 1892, at the age of eighty-five _years, and his wife in 1891, when seventj-five years of age, after they had reared five children, namely: Herma, wife of Louis Hayes, of Louisiana; Azelima, wife of R. H. Slaughter,

The early education of Andrew J. Johnson was obtained in Opelousas, Louisana, but in 1 86 1, at the age of seventeen years and eight months, liis books were laid aside and he joined Company A, First Kegiinent of Louisiana, Partisan Rangers, of which he was elected Captain when not eighteen years old, recei\ing his comniissidn January 27, I 86 1. He was the youngest commissioned captain in the Confederate service at the commencement of hostilities, but notwithstanding his youth acquitted himself creditably. He was at Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Mansura, ^'ellmv I3ayou, Berwick's Bay, Irish Bend and other engagements, and in all was under fire for thirty-seven da\-s.

After the surrender of his command, which took place in Louisana, |une 6, 1865, he returned to his old home to find that all the family possessions had been swept away and himself penniless, with the exception of st)me real estate. He settled down to farming, employing the fonner sla\'es of his father, most of whom had remained on the old place. In the spring of 1867, the entire famil\', with the exception of Mrs. Hayes, came to Texas and settled at Parr's Gro\'e, and Mr. Johnson liegan raising sea- island cotton on Bolivar Point, which for some years proved a success. After it had ceased to be profitable be began raising the short staple, and vegetables for market, the latter occupation proving highly remunerative. In 1890 he retired from farnung and engaged in the stock business, and is the owner of about 2,500 head of sheep, besides a large number of horses and cattle. Since 1S86 he has also been in the real-estate business, fills the position of Notary Public at the present time and is also the Postmaster of

Boli\'ar Point. He was married in 1S65 to Miss Camilla A. Shaw, a native <jf Vermillion parish, Louisana, and daughter of J. S. and Serena (Lyons) Shaw. Mrs. Johnson was the eldest of a family of nine children; Camilla, James, Emma, the deceased wife of Fred Schneider, Daniel, Hugh, Otho, F^elix (deceased), Jefferson, deceased, and Morris. Seven sons ha\e been born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson; Ollie, BeniK;tt, Crawford. Simon, Moise, Sidney and Birdie. Mr. |ohnson owns a fine home on the Peninsula and several hundred acres of fertile land, of which 100 are under cultivation.

At II o'clock A. M., I'ebruary 22, 1895, Mrs. A. J. Johnson, on the in\itation of the managers of the Culf & Interstate Railway Company, droxe the silver spike signalizing the beginning of the construction of that road on Bolivar Peninsula.

^>^ ENJAMIN A. SMALLEY, lumber (''^ dealer and farmer of Clear Creek, J^i^M Calveston county, was born in \'ermillion county, Illinois, Ma}' I 5, 1841, and is a son of William and Mary Alcorn Smalley, who emigrated to Texas in 1846. The senior Mr. Smalley, after coming to Texas, settled in Fayette county and was for several }ears engaged in farming and in the land business in that and adjoining counties, until 1859, when he mo\ed io Harris county, purchasing a place on which he took up his residence on Buffalo Inijou, twelve miles northwest of Houston. .Vbout 1864 or 1865 he made a trip to Bee counts' in this State, where he was killed by unknown parties, his fate not becoming known to his family for twelve months after his death.

reared in Texas and enjoj'ed very limited opportunities of every kind in his }outh. At the opening of tiie \v;ir, then in his twenty-first year, he entered the Confederate army, enhsting in Captain Carter's company, Waul's Texas Legion, with which he took part in the engagements incident to the attempt to repel the attack of the Federal gunboats near Yazoo, Mississippi, and in the siege of Fort Pemberton and Vicksburg. He was captured at the fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, but being shortly afterward paroled he rejoined his company, which thereafter became a part of Colonel Timmons' regiment, operating in Texas, with which he served till the close of hostilities.

Soon after the war Mr. Smalley settled in what is now Waller, then Austin county, in this State, and engaged in the sawmill business in Harris county, and resided in Waller county some twelve years, when he moved to Polk county, continuing in the same business in that county up to 1884, at which date he moved to Galveston county, settling at Clear Creek. There he engaged in farming and fine stock raising; and in the spring of 1894 he opened a lumber-yard, which he has since conducted in connection with his other interests. He is one of the pioneer lumbermen of Texas, having been engaged in the business continuously for nearly thirty years. In his farming operations he has given particular attention to the cultivation of Louisiana sugar cane, with which he has been very successful.

In 1867 Mr. Smalley married Miss Mary E. George, of Harris county, a daughter of Mrs, Harriet George, who came to Texas at a very early date (Mrs. Smalley having been born here), and the issue of this union was several children, but two of whom survive: Myra, wife of A. J. Spencer; and Charles

E. Mrs. Smalley died in 1879, and in 1881 Mr. Smally married Miss Alice Brown, of Polk county, Texas, a daughter of Dr. W. M. Brown. This lady died shortly after marriage, leaving no issue. Mr. Smalley's last wife was Miss Harriet V. Perkins, a daughter of Samuel J. and Rebecca Perkins, of Galveston county, and to this union five children have been born, - Benjamin "A., jr., R. Perkins, H. Carroll and Shirley G. and Ross O., twins.

aHARLES JUNEMANN. - Among the sturdy sons of Germany, who brought with them to this country the habits of industry, integrity and perseverance which have ever marked those of that nationality, may be mentioned Charles Junemann, who is now engaged in the dair}' business in Galveston, Texas. Mr. Junemann is a native of Bremen, Germany, his birth occurring June 24, 1849. His father, who was a coppersmith and a metal-worker by trade, died when his son was only about three years old, and he early came to rely on himself. He had excellent educational advantages, of which he availed himself, receiving a good practical education and some special training in the Naval Academy of Bremen. He emigrated to the United States at about the age of twenty-one and worked for a time in the tow-boat service about Philadelphia. In June, 1 871, became to Galveston, in the capacity of a sailor, and after a short time decided to give up the sea and seek a livelihood in some sort of land pursuits.

Amelia Monnich, a native of Oldenburg, Germany, who came to America the same year, in the month of Ma}-. After leaving the sea Mr. Junemann followed various occupations, being for about three years engaged in manufacturing cigars and afterward stock-keeper in one of Galveston's leading wholesale stores. In 18S1 he located on the island near the city, and, purchasing some cows, started a dair\'. In this he has prospered, but has not confined himself alone to that industry, but has becnme interested in real estate, making considerable money on his ventures. His present place is two miles west of the Catholic Orphans' Home, on the south side of Galveston island, where he owns a producti\e farm and conducts one of the best dairies in the county. Mr. Junemaim also owns good jiroperty in the city of Galveston. He has a good, comfortable home and is surrounded by nnich that makes life enjoyable.

Mr. and Mrs. Junemann's marriage has resulted in the birth of five children, as follows; Marcus, born January 4, 1875; Charles, August 21, 1877; Amelia, August 28, 1879; Julius, April 10, 1S81; and Matilda, November 10, 1883.

was born in Ithaca, New York, November 24, 1827, in which place he passed his bojiiood and youth up t<.i his sixteenth year, when his parents, moving to Racine, Wisconsin, he accompanied them and there grew to maturity. Shortly after going to Racine young Gregory learned telegraphing and entered the employ of the old Northwestern Railway, the pioneer line of Wisconsin, with which he continued until i860.

At that date he came to Texas, being induced to try his fortunes in the Lone Star State by Mr. Robert Harris, then superintendent of the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad. Becoming station agent for this road at Houston, Mr. Gregory occupied that and other local positions until 1867, when he was appointed general superintendent of the road and moved his official and personal residence to Galveston, which was thereafter his home until his death, nearly twenty-hve years later. He was in the employ of the Galveston, Houston cS: Henderson Railroad as superintendent until 1883, wh^n he resigned to engage in business of his own, establishing at that time the Tremont livery barn and transfer line, to which he subsequently devoted his attention and which is still being conducted in his name.

Mr. Gregory was a man of sterling integrity and sound business ability. Beginning with nothing he left a considerable estate at his death, accumulated by the exercise of industry, practical sagacity, and by faithful application to such interests, whether personal or official, as fell to his lot. He was also a man of enterprise and public spirit, and was always ready to lend a helping hand to anything looking to the advancement of the common good. From the time of his coming to Texas he believed in its future, and he believed in the future of Galveston, giving his services freely for the promotion of every interest of each whenever and wherever such services were required.

In 1858, at Racine, Wisconsin, Mr. Gregory married Miss Lucy \. Gather, a daughter of Robert and Lucy Gather, who settled in Racine when it was a village containing only about 200 people. The issue of this marriage was a daughter, Cora, and

HMASA STEWART was born in Marion county, Ohio, April 4, 1828. His father was Zora D. Stewart, and his mother bore the maiden name of Nancy Talbot, the former of whom was a native of New York, the latter a native of Pennsylvania. His parents were among the earliest settlers of Ohio, moving to Marion county in that State in 1827. They lived there till 1835, when they moved to Marshall county, Illinois, and thence in 1848 to La Salle county, in that State, settling in the last named county just after the completion of the canal from Chicago to La Salle. The elder Mr. Stewart was a large and successful farmer, being one of the pioneer grain-growers of the great grain State of Illinois. He died in La Salle county in 1850, his wife dying in the same county thirty-two years later. They were the parents of four children: Mary, the wife of John Snider; Matilda, the wife of Wallace W. Taggart; Elizabeth, who died unmarried; and Amasa, the subject of this sketch. Amasa Stewart was educated in the common schools of Marshall county, Illinois, finishing with a two-years' course at the Granville high school in Putnam count}', after which he settled in LaSalle county, both in the same State, and engaged in farming and the nursery business until 1855. At that time he moved to Le Sueur county, Minnesota, sixty miles southwest of St. Paul, on Minnesota river, where he opened a large nursery, which he continued at that place for twelve years. From Le Sueur county he moved to the city of Minneapolis, continuing in the same line, at which he met with increased success, the rapidly settling condition of the country affording, him a wide field for his nursery stock. He gave special attention to ornamental shrubbery and furnished the material for beautifying the grounds of many of the elegant homes in Minneapolis.

Mr. Stewart left Minneapolis in 1882, and came to Texas, settling at Denison, where he engaged in the fruit and vegetable business, but with very little success. In 1889 he came to the coast country of Texas, stopping at Hitchcock, in Galveston county, where, seeing what he considered good evidence of adaptability of soil and climate for fruit raising, he purchased land on which he settled and again embarked in his old business. Interesting himself also in real-estate matters, he began purchasing land in considerable tracts, which he cut up and improved, and then sold at a good profit. He has thus developed into one of the largest fruit-land dealers in Galveston county, carrying on also in the meantime his planting and experimenting operations in fruit-growing. Besides his smaller holdings, mostly improved, in and around Hitchcock, he owns a tract of land consisting of 2,000 acres, located at Texas City Junction, in Galveston county. It is one of the finest bodies of land in the county, only eleven miles west of Galveston, bordering on Highland bayou, within three miles of Texas City and tra\'ersed by three railways, the International & Great Northern, the North Galveston, Houston & Kansas City and the Texas City Railway, and is well adapted to farming and fruit-growing.

In 1 85 I Mr. Stewart married Miss Harriet Ashley, of La Salle county, Illinois, a daughter of Jason and Lois Ashley, her father being an early settler in that county and still a resident of the same, hax'ing recently attained his ninety-eighth year. The issue of this union was si.\ children: Elizabeth, Charles; William; Mary, wife of Theo. G. Thomas of Galveston; Laura and George, - the first two being now deceased. Mr. Stewart lost his wife in 1S7S; and in 1SS2 he married Mrs. Sarah J. Du(d<, of Denison, Texas.

>T^ n. BOLTON was born in Cleveland, m Ohio, on the 5th day of October, ^1 1S56. His father was William Bolton, a native of England, who came to the United States when a young man and for a number of years was a steamboat pilot on the great lakes. He entered the Federal army from Cleveland, (Thio, and died in Wisconsin, in 1S62. The mother of J. H. Bolton bore the maiden name of Susanna Schwartz, and was a native of Detroit, Michigan, being of German parentage. After the death of her husband, in 1862, she was married to J. H. Martin, wdiom she accompanied to California, and now resides at Hartington, in Butte county, that State.

J. H. Bolton was reared at Cleveland, Ohio, until he was si.xteen xears old, when, after brief stops at Chicago and New Orleans, he came to Galveston in 1872. Coming to this city with no means, he was employed for a number of years at whatever he i could get to do that W(iuld yield him an honest livelihood. He worked for John Summers, who then conducted the old W'ashington Hotel, for Allen Girardin of the Girardin House, for Gregory & Bartlett and Murray & Bartlett in the livery business, quitting the employ of the last named firm in 1882, when he engaged for himself in job teaming for about four years. In 1886 he formed a partnership with L.J. Bartlett in the livery business, and has been engaged in.this for the past nine years at No. 2 1 10 and 2 I I 2 Post Office street.

On .Vugust 22, 1875, Mr. r)(ilt(ui married Miss Anna Fagan, a native of New Orleans, L(juisiana, and a daughter of Nicholas Fagan, of Irish parentage, a Mexican \'eteran and a soldier also in the late Civil war. Confederate service. To this union fifteen children have been born, twehe ol whom are living: Mamie Elizabeth, born May 26, 1S76; John Nicholas, July ''), 1877; August Charles, December 30, 1878; William Thomas, September 28, 1880; James Hamilton, July 16, 1882; Joseph Claud, May 2'], 1884; Edward Clearmoiit, November 9, 1885: George Henr)-, June 8, 1886, died an infant; Frank, August 22, 1887, died an infant; Walter C. , May 7, 1888; Benjamin Harrison St. Clair, December iG, 1890; M)'rtle, August 21, 1 89 1, died an infant; Annie May, August 12, 1892; Paul Lucas, December 16, 1893; and Ethel Rose Clemantine, January 6, 1 895.

HE BORDEN FAMILY is one of the really historic families of Texas, liaving had its origin on this continent in New England, in "early Colonial times." Gail Borden, Sr. , the eldest of the family who came to Texas, but not the first to come, was born in Rhode

Island, August 21, 1777, and was related to the founder of the state through his mother, Philadelphia Williams, who was a granddaughter of that sturdy, good and pious man, Roger Williams, whom the religious zealots of Connecticut forced to seek a place of safety in the wilderness, where he subsequently established an asylum for the persecuted of all sects.

After his marriage Mr. Borden moved to New York, where his sons and daughters were born, the sons being Gail, Jr., born in 1800; Thomas H., born in 1804; Paschal P., born in 1808, and John P., born in 181 2; these were reared in New York. In 1824 Thomas H. came to Te.\as, being followed three 3'ears later by the rest of the family. All of them settled in Austin's colony, and for several years were engaged in such industrial and business pursuits as the condition of the country then permitted. During the troublous times that preceded the Revolution, they warmly espoused the cause of the settlers, and Gail, Jr. , and Thomas H., who had established the first newspaper in the colony, advocated with vigor the necessity of a separation from Mexico. Thomas H. was in the "Grass Fight," and also took part in the storming of San Antonio. Paschal P. and John P. belonged to Houston's army (Moseley Baker's company, Burleson's regiment) and took part in the battle of San Jacinto. Gail, Jr., was the first Collector of Customs at Galveston under the Republic, and John P. was the first Commissioner of the General Land office of the Republic. For many years the four brothers were engaged in private business pursuits, each spending most of his mature years in the country of his adoption. Gail was the inventor and manufacturer of the "meat biscuit" and of "Borden's condensed milk " - articles of extensive use and a source of great wealth to Mr. Borden. Thomas H. Borden was the inventor of the steam gauge, which he introduced on Mississippi steamers as early as 185 i and subsequently manufactured at St. Louis and New Orleans and sold to the trade.

Gail Borden, Sr. , died in Fort Bend county, this State, in 1863; Paschal P. died in Fort Bend county in 1864; Gail, Jr., died in Colorado county in 1874; Thomas H. died in Galveston county in 1877, and John P. in Colorado county in 1891.

Gail Borden, Jr., had four children who became grown: Henry Lee, for some years past a resident of Chicago; John Gail, now deceased; Philadelphia, who was married to J. W. Johnson, of Houston, Texas; and Mary J., wife of Marcellus Munsell, of Hartford, Connecticut.

John P. Borden was twice married and the father of nine children, six of whom became grown. His children were all by one wife, whose maiden name was Mary S. Hatch and whom he married in Brazoria county, Texas, in 1843. Mr. Borden's eldest was a son. Thadeus, who died in 1863, from wounds received in the Confederate army. His next, John T. , was accidentally killed in Colorado county in 1873. Sidney Gail, the eldest living, resides at Sharpsburg in this State, a planter and stockman. Delia, the eldest daughter, is the wife of William J. Duffel, of McLennan county, Texas; Mary E., the next in age, resides at

The death of John P. Borden at Borden, Colorado count)', on November 12, 1S91, removed from this world the last survi\or of the commissioned officers (he being a Lieutenant in his company) who led tlie triumphant Texans in the splendid victory achieved over the Mexicans at San Jacinto, April 21, 1S36. His wife died October I, 189.^.

Thomas H. Borden married Demis Woodard in Austin county, Texas, June 4, 1829, this lady being a native of Vermont, whose parents came to Texas about 1827. The issue of this union was, as noted, two - sons: John Rolden and James Cochran. John Rolden Borden was born at San Felipe, Austin county, Texas, December 7, 1832, and James Cochran Bordefi at Richmond, Fort Bend county, January 18, 1835. The elder of these married Miss Jane McKee in 1855; entered the Confederate army in 1 86 1, enlisting in Taylor's battalion, with which he served for a year on the Rio Grande, when he returned home, raised a company and again entered the service and died in it in 1864. His two sons, Thomas Paschal and James McKee, reside in Washington city. District of Columbia, and his daughter, Mrs. Raleigh Lowe, in New York city.

James Cochran Borden was chiefly reared in Galveston, his father moving to this city in 1838. He was educated here and at the Western Military Institute at Drennon Springs, Kentucky, being a student in that institute at the time James G. Blaine was a tutor in the same. Returning to Texas after completing his education, he engaged in the stock business in Jackson county, and was so engaged until the opening of the war. He raised a company in the fall of 1861, of which he was elected Captain and which was enlisted into the Confederate service as Company D, First Texas Cavalry. After a year's service on the Rio Grande his command was transferred to the coast country and later to Louisiana, where it took part in the series of engagements following Banks' Red river campaign. Captain Borden was wounded at Mansfield on April 8, 1864, being shot through both thighs and disabled from further service. After the war he resumed the live-stock business in Jackson county, and was engaged in it there till 1873. At that date he moved to Galveston and embarked in the live-stock commission business, which he has since followed.

On May 3, 1883, Captain Borden married Miss Clara V. Arnold, of Galveston, and the issue of this union has been four children: Robert Stafford, born April 11, 1884; Marie, December 24, 1885; Gail J., May 21, 1887; and Adine, December 26, 1888. By a former marriage, to Miss Palmyra Atkinson, of Victoria, Texas, Captain Borden has three children living: Louisa D., now Mrs. Clayton Weld, of Alhambra, California; Willie M., who was married to Gail B. Johnson and resides in Alhambra, California; and Flora P., wife of R. J. Davis, of Weatherford, Texas.

aAPTAIN JOSEPH ATKINS. - The oldest settler on the Bolivar Peninsula is Captain Joseph Atkins, who was born in Brooklyn, New York, March 6, 1833, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hardigan) Atkins, natives of England, the former of whom came to Texas in 1834 and took up his abode at Stafford's Point on the Brazos river. Owing to ill health he moved to Spillman's island about nine months later, and eighteen months after that moved to the land on which the battle of San Jacinto was subsequently fought. Mrs. Atkins had but ten hours start of Santa Anna's army prior to that battle, and made her way to Galveston island on the boat Cayuga. Some time previous to this Mr. Atkins had become a member of Sam Houston's army, and was one of the men chosen by the General to go to the mouth of the Trinity river and capture the fort situated there, which mission was accomplished. He was a participant in the battle of San Jacinto, and his house was converted into a prison, in which Santa Anna was confined for a time. This house was afterward burned b)- the Mexicans, before the return of the family. For some time Mr. Atkins, being a machinist, worked in the armory of the Te.xas I'Lepublic at Houston, but afterward left that place and moved to Bolivar Point, in 1S38, and there opened up an oyster trade with Houston. Here he and his family remained until 1875, in which year he was called from life, at the ripe old age of seventy-five years. Before the Civil war he served Galveston county two terms as sheriff, and for some time he was drill master or Captain of the militia. The children born to himself and wife were as follows; Charles, a resident of Galveston; John, deceased; Joseph; George, deceased; and Harriet, widow of James McHenry. George Atkins was born on the San Jacinto battle-ground the day the battle was fought, and was but ten hours old when he, with his mother, was conveyed on a sled drawn l)y oxen to the boat on which they made their escape to Galveston island. Joseph Atkins was brought to Bolivar Point at the age of five years, and in the subscription schools of Galveston he received his early education, which lasted for the brief period of three months. In his youth he learned the ship-carpenter's trade, but for many years was engaged in the raising of vegetables, and for thirteen years was Government mail-carrier on a sailing vessel between Galveston and Bolivar, which at the same time carried passengers. In 1861 he joined Company F, Twenty-sixth Texas Cavalry and saw the most of his land service along the coast. He was afterward transferred to the Confederate navy and participated in the recapture of Galveston, January i, 1863. After being discharged he returned to Bolivar Point, where he has -since resided.

He was married October 8, 1856, to Miss Jane Oliver, a native of London, England, \vho came to America with her mother, Mrs. Christina Oliver, in 1853, her father having died in the old country. To Mr. and Mrs. Atkins thirteen children have been born, ten of whom reached maturity: Alice, wife of J. P. Fine; Charles J. ; Benetto, wife of S. H. Merrell; Rebecca, Joseph D.. Harriet, John, Sarah, Howard and Lillic. Mrs. Atkins died June 10, 1894, at the age of fifty-three years and ten months, a worthy member of the Baptist Church, with which Mr. Atkins is also connected. In politics he is, and has always been, a Democrat.

KAHLA owes his nativity to the city of Galveston, where he was born April 18, 1847. His parents were Charles and Wilhelmina (Herseman) Kahla, who were born in Germany and came to Texas about 1846. His father, a cabinetmaker by trade, engaged in that line of business after his arrival in this country, ami died of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1S47. His widow married Samuel Beckshoft, a native of Germany and a Texas \-eteran, having served in the war of 1S36 for the independence of Texas. He was also in the late war, being a Captain in the local militia. He died about 1866: his wife die<.l in 1894, at the age of se\'enty-one yea-rs. By her first marriage she had one son, the subject of this sketch, and by iier last she had five daughters: Sophia, wife of Charles Schrier, f Galveston; Alvina, widow of a Mr. Lyons; Matikla (deceased); Hattie, wife of Frank Warren, of San Antonicr, and Emma (deceased).

William Kahla was educated in the public schools of Galveston and received from his step-father a good musical education. Up to 1863 he followed various callings; he then joined the Commissary Department of the Confederate army stationed at Galveston, and there remained until the war closed. In the fall of 1866, he settled on Bolivar Point, across the bay from Galveston, where he engaged in vegetable farming and made his first purchase of real-estate in 1870, at the same time purchasing 196 acres of coast land at a place called "Roll-over." In 1894 he purchased a lot in Bolivar Point, on which he erected a handsome two-story residence of ten rooms, finished in modern style and very conveniently arranged.

He was married, in 1867, to Miss Ellen Hamshire, who was bi^rn in Smith's Point, Chambers county, Texas, a daughter of John Hamshire, a nati\e of Louisiana who was one of the very early residents of Texas. She was one of thirteen children, onlj' three of whom survive: Mrs. John Crainer, Mrs. Charles Hughes and Mrs. Kahla. Nine of the eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs.

Kahla survive: \\'illiam H., John, Frederick, Alice, Frank, Hattie, now wife of Otis Harrington, Louis, Barney and Anna L. Those deceased are Matilda and Mary 1.

*m ^ AMILTON STUART was born B'^^ September 5, 18 13, on a farm in M. .r ftifferson county, Kentucky, nine miles above Louis\'ille, but received his education and attained his manhood at Georgetown, Scott county, in the same State, where he resided for six years prior to coming to Texas. He there learned the trade of printer, and edited and published the Weekly Sentinelin 1835-6-7. He married, in the latter part of November, 1837, at Georgetown, Miss Beline S. Chambers, sister of Mrs. Anna Chambers Ketchum, the authoress, whose grandfather, one of the Bradfords, printed the first newspaper west of the Alleghany mountains, and who died in Galveston in 1887, within a few weeks of what would have been the fiftieth anniversarj' of her marriage.

In the latter part of 1837 Mr. Stuart, by the advice of his physicians, left Kentucky and started for Texas, with letters of introduction to General Sam Houston, General T. J. Chambers and others prominent in the affairs of the infant republic. Landing in Galveston in January, 1838, he found a collection of a dozen or so houses, and proceeded by steamboat to the town of Houston, which had just been made the capital of the Texas republic. Here he secured employment on the National Banner, newspaper, as editor, but remained in the position but a short time, and on May 9, 1838, started the Civilian, which was published for a few months, when, its editor being taken sick, the publication was discontinued,

This paper, which was the second started in Galveston, was a little-four-page sheet, four wide columns to the page, printed, as the prospectus said, "on fair type and good paper." The subscription was five dollars per annum, payable in advance, and the rates for advertisements were one dollar per square for the first insertion, and fifty cents for each continuance. Among the editorial items was mention of the loss of the schooner Crusader, si.xty miles from Brazos, Santiago, and the arrival of the United States war schooner Grampus, from[; Matamoros with $89,000 in specie. The advertising columns contained "ads" from McKinney & Williams, Blackwell & Allen, G. Borden, Jr., Collector of Customs; Settle & Williams, Van W'inkle Bros , John Cummens, and Levi Jones, agent of the Galveston City Company, - one column and a half in all. The marine list noted the clearance of the sloop Wasp, commanded by a noted character known as ' ' Mexican " Thompson. The price current quoted flour at twenty-three dollars to twenty-five dollars per barrel, with the following note; None in first hands, and in the event of no arrival in a few days will command any price asked.

The paper from its first issue was a stanch supporter of General Houston, and often had its hands full in replying to attacks made on him by the opposition. When the paper was first issued there were but forty houses in the "city," and for want of a wharf, passengers and goods arriving from New Orleans by the steamers, were brought ashore in small boats, while the total population of the county was not more than seven hundred and fifty souls. The paper grew to be one of the most influential journals in the State, but was suspended during civil war, and revived in 1865, but finally succumbed and was suspended in 1877.

In the fall of 1873 Mr. Stuart retired from the Civilian and became connected with The News, conducting the State Press department up to-' within a short time of his death.

Mr. Stuart was a member of the Board of Aldermen a number of times; represented Galveston county in the State Legislature in iS48;was Mayor of the city in 1849, 1850, 1851 and 1852, and Collector of Customs for eight years (1853-61), during the administrations of Presidents Pierce and and Buchanan, retiring from the office upon the secession of Texas at the outbreak of the Civil war, to which he was opposed. He also ser\ed as a member of the State Constitutional convention in 1866; belonged to the old volunteer fire department, having been a charter member and the first treasurer of Island City Fire Company No. 2. He was also the Democratic nominee for Governor in 1 869. Mr. Stuart had been a resident of Galveston for more than fifty-six years, and had outlived the most of his contemporaries in the newspaper business, with the possible exception of John Henry Brown of Dallas (his partner in 1854), and the veteran typo, "Father" Hanson, now at Waelder.

To a blameless personal life, led in a quiet and unobstrusive manner, chiefly at his peculiar post, he added a vigorous mentality, broad and brave, and a pure, kind heart, emotional yet conservative, a finely adjusted brain and breast that gracefully and discreetly in his writings mingled sweetness and satire and tempered the trenchant blade with gentleness of corrective incision. The warp of his justice was woofed with leniLiicy- With keen perception of human faults and foibles he preached philosophy to the blunderer in sententious yet smiling sentences, and with unruffled surface taught lessons to bluster or fri\'olity with caustic though courteous comment. His teachings and e-\amy>le, in steady stream from year to year, are inspiring tablets for the young, and for e\en the older journalists, so many of whom he loved as they lo\ed him.

Mr. Stuart died November 16, 1894, leaving four children, - Mrs. R. T. Wheeler, of Hitchcock; Mrs. J. K. Moore, of Luling; Mrs. Farrell D. Minor and Ben C. Stuart, of Galveston. - lyFroiii the Galveston Dailv Nc.s.-) aAPTAIN JOHN J. PEETZ was born in the Duch\' of Schleswig, then under the Danish government, March 26, 1836, and accompanied his parents to America in 1 849. They first located in the city of New Orleans, and there young Peetz was partly educated. While residing in Mobile, Alabama, from 1850 to 1853, he learned the ship-carpenter's trade, and the following j-ear went to sea to work at the same. He was taken sick while al)road, but reco\ering joined the British Navy and engaged in the Crimean war, antl participated in the siege of an island in the Black sea. xAt the end of nine months he was released and went to Peru, South America, and as a sailor from that country went to Chili, from there to Buenos Ayres, thence to Rotterdam, Holland, and from there to Boston, Massachusetts, and thence to New Orleans. Here he again turned his attention to ship-carpentering, and in 1858 went to the Pensacola navy yard, where he was engaged for fourteen months in building the sloop-of-war, Pensacola.

He then spent some time successively in New Orleans, Galveston and Mobile, and working at his trade, until the war opened, in 1 86 1 , when he espoused the cause of the South and joined a company of independent scouts, under Captain Davidson. This company was disbanded the same year, owing to the fact that horses had been promised them by the Confederate government and were not supplied. Mr. Peetz then joined Company B, of Governor Wise's Legion of Light Artillery, which was sent to the Blue Ridge mountains, where they had one unimportant engagement. Soon after this all ship carpenters were detailed to return to Mobile to build ships for the Confederate Navy, and Mr. Peetz assisted in the construction of the gunboat Gaines, after which he returned to New Orleans (iS6ij. At this place he was engaged in constructing the ram Manassas, which was completed in the winter of 1862. While engaged in his labors on this vessel Mr. Peetz organized a company of artillery, of which he was offered the Captaincy, but refused the honor. He was then commissioned First Lieutenant by Governor Thomas O. Moore, of Louisiana, March 24, 1862, and later assisted in the construction of the gunboat Mississippi. When the Federal troops made their appearance at Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip, which they commenced bombarding, a call was made for volunteers. Captain Peetz offered his services on board the Louisiana and enough men were given him to man one gun. During the engagement that followed the Manassas was sunk and only two boats were saved, - -the McCray

After remaining a week in New Orleans he returned to the Confederate lines at Camp Moore, Louisiana, where he received permission to proceed to Richmond, at which place he was detailed as a mechanic to work on the construction of ships, and continued thus eniplo_ved until the war closed. He remained in Mobile fur about twelve months, from which time until 1868 he worked at his trade in New Orleans, then spent a year in Europe. Upon his I'eturn to this country he went to St. Mary's parish, Louisiana, and there erected several sugar houses. In 1870 he came to Galveston and engaged in the coasting trade from this city to Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Tampico, Mexico. In this business he acquired sufficient property to enable him to retire, and he has since passed an uneventful life.

He was married in 1 874, to Miss Alvena Langholz, a native of the Duchy of Schleswig, born in 1853 and the daughter of Major A. H. Langholz, who attained his rank in the Federal army during the civil war, being a member of the Twelfth United States Cavalry, He first raised a company in Chicago, Illinois, of which he was made Captain, and, having assisted in organizing the regiment, he was elected Major. He came to Texas during the war and his family followed him in 1 866, locating at Houston. He, however, died in (ialveston, and his widow still survives him with her son Charles J., of San Antonio, and her daughter Alvena. To Mr. and Mrs. Peetz six children have been born: Matilda; Ida, wife of Henry Ross; Lydia; Estelle, and two that died young. The family are members of the Lutheran Church and the Captain is a member of the A. F. cS: A. M., Hiram Lodge, No. 7, of New Orleans, and the Chosen Friends, Germania Lodge, of which he is P. C. His parents were John and Annie Peetz (the original spelling of the name being Peez), and they reared ten children, five of whom survive: Louisa, widow of James Coppel; John J. ; Elizabeth, wife of Captain Thomas Henson, of Lake Charles, Louisana; Sophia, who first married Emil Winderholder and after his death Captain Green Hall, the former of whom was in the army and the latter in the Confederate Navy; and Margaret, who is unmarried.

United States and settled in Florida. There, on February 21, 1843, he married Julia Agnes McDonald, a daughter of Jeremiah and Ellen Haggerty McDonald, a native of the city of Cork, Ireland. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Prendergast settled in Apalachicola, Florida, where they engaged in the hotel business, building the second hotel in that place, the Alabama House, which they successfully conducted up to i860. They then came to Texas to engage in the stock business, settling on Padre island. On the opening of hostilities between the North and South in 1861 their cattle were seized by the Federal troops, their buildings on Padre island occupied as barracks and hospital, and their residence at Brazos Santiago burned by the Confederates, thus despoiling them of the results of their many previous years' work.

1862, after which, in 1863, Mrs. Prenderf^ast went to Bagdad, Mexico, where she erected a building, the second liotel building erected in Bagdad, and engaged in the hotel bnsiness until 1 866. She then returned to Florida and resided there and in New Orleans, where she also kept hotel until iSSo, at \\hich date she settled in Gaheston.

While living in Bagdad, in 1867, Mrs. Prendergast was married to William Fitzgerald, who died in New Orleans in 1875. To Patrick and Julia Agnes Prendergast the following chikhen were btirn: John T., now deceased; James, Richard; Mary E., widow of John Schillen; George; Julia, wife of Ed Pond; and William H. To Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald two children were born: [ennie and I^illie. Mrs. b'itzgerald is now (1895) in the si.xty-eighth year of her ai;e, having been Ixu'u in 1S27. She was, as stated, born in Ireland, whence she came with her widowed mother to the United States in 1841 and settled in Florida. Mrs. Fitzgerald's two sons, John and Richard, were in the army during the late war, the former in the Confederate ser\ice, the latter in the Federal. John enlisted regularly at the opening (jf the \\ar; Richard was for a time engaged in running the blockade, when having been captured and taken North he entered the F"ederal arm}" as a member of Taylor's batter}', with \\-hich he served. James Prendergast was born in .Ajjalachicola, Florida, Februar}' 19, 1846, where he was reared until his parents came to Texas, his }outh and carl}' manhood being sjjent in the southwestern part of this State. After the death of his father in 1862 he apprenticed himself to the trade of machinist, served his time, became an engineer on a steamboat running on the Rio Grande river. He was engaged in steamboating, and in the liquor and ice business in southwest Texas until 1873, when he came to Galveston as engineer on the steamer Matamoras. From 1873 to 1886 he worked as an engineer in Galveston, being part of the time with Allen, Pool & Company, meat packers, and part of the time (about nine years) with Irvine & Beissner, lighterers. In 1886 he embarked in the liquor business in Galveston, \\hich he has since followed. He is a member of Tucker Lodge, No. 167, A. F. & A. M., Oleander Lodge, No. 139, Knights of Pythias, and Galveston Lodge, No. 2, Chosen Friends.

>Tp*EROME R. VAN LIEW. deceased, m was born in 18 17, in Brunswick, New (- f Jerse}', went to sea at the age of ten and followed the vocation of mariner more or less for seven or eight years, until 1836, when he came to Texas. He was in the frontier ser\-ice of the Repulilic, and was at Liimville when it was sacked and burneil by the Indians. He traveled over Texas for two or three years, and settled in New (Orleans in 1840.

About 1 84 1 or 1842 he went to La Fourche, Louisiana, where he was employed as overseer and manager for a large sugar plantation, and resided at that place and at Thibodeaux, at which latter place he followeil mercantile pursuits until 1857. He then returned to Texas and settled at Galvestrm, engaging in the grocery business. On the opening of the war he moved to Harrisburg, in Harris county, and resided there until 1870, when he again took up his residence in Gahestou, where he lived till his death, November 7, 1886. During his latter years Mr. Van Liew was in the em- ploy of Kinj^, Kennedy & Company. He was in the courier service during the late war, carrying dispatches between Houston and Shreveport, in which service he acquitted himself with credit.

Mr. Van Liew married on February 15, 1 84 5, Miss Eliza Mills, a native of Louisiana, and a daughter of John and Eunice Mills. The issue of this union was fourteen children, ten of whom are now living: Susan B., widow of Thomas Hawkins; John M. ; Thomas D. ; Gilbert M. ; Lilly E., wife of Henry O. Wachen; Ida, wife of J. S. Parker; William L. ; Lida, wife of Mark Anderson; Mary J. and Morris H.

Mr. Van Liew was a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Harmony Lodge, No. 6, at Galveston. He was for two years Port Warden at Galveston.

Mr. Van Liew was of Dutch and Huguenot origin, his ancestors on his father's side emigrating from Amsterdam, Holland, and settling in this country before the American Revolution.

Thomas King Hawkins, who married Susan B. Van Liew, mentioned above, was a native of Jackson county, Mississippi, and was a son of Thomas and Eveline Krebs Hawkins, who were from Baltimore, Maryland. Thomas K. Hawkins came to Texas when a 30ung man and settled about i860 in Galveston.

On the opening of the late war he entered the Confederate army as a member of an artillery company at Galveston, but there being no prospect of this section of the country becoming the seat of active hostilities for which he was eager, he left Texas aboard the Royal Yacht, Captain Thomas Chubb, on its last trip as a blockade runner, and went to Mobile, Alabama. There he fell in with some of Morgan's men from

Kentucky, and enlisted in that celebrated command, with which he served during the greater part of the war, participating in the several raids which it made into Kefitucky and Tennessee and in the great raid into Indiana and Ohio. He was captured with the rest of his command in Ohio, and confined at Camp Douglas, Chicago, from which place he made his escape, but was subsequently re-captured and was held a prisoner until a short time before the close of hostilities.

After the war Mr. Hawkins returned to Galveston, where, on October 25, 1865, he married Miss Van Liew. He engaged in business in this city in the fall of the same year as a member of the firm of Richards & Hawkins, cotton brokers, and continued in active business pursuits up to 1877, at which time, on account of failure of health, he retired. He died July 27, 1887. He had been a member of the Board of Aldermen of the city and of the Cotton Exchange. Mr. Hawkins left a widow and three sons: Thomas King, Morris Ranger and Charles Richards Hawkins.

ICHAEL CAHILL, deceased, was born in county Tipperary, Ireland, in 181 1, and was a son of Edmund Cahill, who emigrated with his family to the United States during the second decade of the present century and settled in New York. There the boyhood and youth of Michael was passed, and in that city he learned the trade of cabinetmaker, serving a seven years' apprenticeship. He married Elizabeth Gaughan in New York city about 1834, soon after which time he came to Texas as a member of Powers' Colony, landing at Copano. He settled on the southwestern frontier, in what is now Refugio county, where he was engaged, in a small way, in the stock business and in the frontier ser\'ice until 1S42, at which date he moved to Gah'eston. Here he took up his trade and for some years found profitable employment in contracting and building, the newly settled condition of the island offering excellent opportunities to industrious and skillful mechanics. Later he was in the employ of the city as captain of the night \\'atch, before the days of the regularly organized police force, and still later was appointed Sexton of the city cemeteries, which last position he held for a great number of years, in fact until a short time before his death. He died October 20, 1S85, at the age of seventy-four. His wife survived about seven years, dying October 22, 1892, also in the seventy-fourth year of her age. To Mr. Cahill and wife ten children were born: Jolni; Edmund; James; Matthew; Michael, who died August 20, 1879; Richard, who died June 12, 1877; Margaret, Ann, Susan and Nora. Edmund Cahill was killed at the battle of Gettysburg during the late war, being a member of the First Louisiana Volunteer Infantr}', Confederate States' service. Matthew Cahill served in the engineer corps, Trans-Mississippi Department, Confederate States' service, during the late war, and died at Galveston, February 27, 1879, aged thirty-two years. Margaret Cahill was married to J. C. Mc- Donald and died without issue at Galveston, January 21, 1875, aged twenty-nine. The rest of this pioneer family except James died in youth or early manhood and womanhood.

and has there spent all his life. He enlisted in the Confederate army during the late \\'ar as a member of the Twenty-sixth Texas Ca\-alry (De Bray's regiment), with which he served on the gulf coast and in Louisiana from the date of his enlistment until the close of hostilities, taking part in all the operations in which his command participated, including the battle of Galveston and the several engagements incident to Banks' Red river campaign. In recent years Mr. Cahill has been in the employ of the city government on special service, being an honest, diligent and capable officer, and a favorite with the people and those under whcim he ranks.

Michael Cahill is remembered as a kindhearted and accommodating man and a faithful and efficient officer. The citizens of Galveston liave especial reason to remember him for his faithful services during the various yellow-fever epidemics which visited this island in an earlier Aa\.

^ deceased. - This old and respected /§ J citizen of Galveston was born in Hanover, Germany, and was brought by his parents to the United States in early childhood; was reared in Cincinnati, Ohio, and St. Louis, Missouri, receiving his education chiefly in the latter city. From St. Louis he drifted to New Orleans, where he resided for a year or more, and there learned the trade of cigar-maker. He came to Galveston soon after the founding of the town, and ever after made this place his home. For a while after settling in Cial\-eston he clerked in the hardware store of J. P. Davie, and later followed other pursuits. He became a member of the first volunteer fire compan}', No. i, organized in the city, and later assisted in organizing the second company started here. He was the second foreman of the latter company and foreman of No. I. He was three times Chief of the Galveston Fire Department, and was connected with the department in one capacity or another for a period of forty years. He also filled the office of Constable of Galveston city in 1854-6; bailiwick of Galveston county for the same period, was Sheriff of the county for four years (1856 to i860); was City Marshal, Chief of Police, City Recorder and Inspector of the City Market - being almost continuously in public office from 1854 to 1884, until age and failing health necessitated his retirement. He was a man who was in high esteem with all classes of people, honest and faithful in the discharge of every duty.

In 1854 Mr. Westerlage married Miss Caroline Brown, daughter of William and Johanna Brown, who came to Galveston island in 1837, being among the first settlers on the island. Mrs. Westerlage was born in Galveston Januar_v 19, 1841, and is credited with being the second white female child born on this island. To Mr. and Mrs. Westerlage eleven children were born, nine of whom reached maturity, as follows: Charles H., born September 29, 1856; John, now deceased; Henry, born September 22, 1861; Caroline, now Mrs. F. J. Robson, of Galveston; Clara, wife of George Marchand, of Galveston; William V.; George K. , Emma L. ; Cora, wife of W. P. Tarpey, of LaMarque, Galveston county; and Matilda, the one who died in childhood being Frederick.

Charles H. Westerlage married Miss Jennie Parr, of Galveston, on March 24, 1887, Mrs. Westerlage being a daughter of Solomon Parr, one of the first settlers of Galveston county. By this marriage there have been three children, who are now living: Edna E., Estella P. and Charles H. Henry Westerlage married Miss Nellie Werner, of Galveston, in 1882, she being a native of Memphis, Tennessee, and a daughter of William and Mary Werner, who came to Galveston about the close of the late war. The offspring of this union has been six children: Irene, Lillian, Eleanor, John H., William V. and Caroline. Mr. and Mrs. Robson have had five children; Carrie, deceased; Agnes, Clifford, Edith and Eveline. Mr. and Mrs. Marchand have one child, George W^ Mr. and Mrs. Tarpey have one son, Harold.

John H. Westerlage died March 27, 1890. His widow still survives and resides near Hitchcock in Galveston county. Mr. Westerlage was a member of both the Masonic and Odd Fellows' fraternities. During the late war he was a member of the Home Guards, Confederate States' service.

William V. Westerlage was born and reared in the city of Galveston, where he learned the trade of cigar-maker. He has followed his trade and engaged in clerical pursuits in this city and at Hitchcock in this county since attaining his majority. In November, 1892, he was elected County Commissioner from the Hitchcock district (Fourth precinct), and re-elected in November, 1S94, filling that position at this writintr.

Eenry William Bentinck

EENRY WILLIAM BENTINCK, deceased, was born aboard an English man-of-war, on August 15, 1810. His father was George F. Bentinck, an English naval officer, who

(iurin.i;' the greater part of his life was in the service of his countr}-, beinij one of Napoleon Bonaparte's escorts to the island of St. Helena.

Henry William Beiitinck was educated in the English Naval Academy, and at a proper age was enrolled in the naval service, where he worked his way up from midshipman to commander of a vessel. He ran between Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the West Indies, carrying the mails. In 18,58 he quit the sea on account of failing health and came to America. The year following he brought his family, and, leaving them in New Orleans, made a trip to Te.xas to look at the country. Being satisfied with it he returned and brought his family, and settled in Galveston early in 1840. Here he engaged in the mercantile business, opening a store on Market street, near the corner of Twentieth. He followed mercantile pursuits for some time; was later superintendent of one of the first cotton compresses erected in the city, and still later engaged in the manufacture of brick, beitig one of the first brickmakers on the island. During the late war he was again in the mercantile business.

In 1 844 Mr. Bentinck purchased three lots on the corner of avenue I and Fourteenth street, and following that date made a number of other purchases of real estate, one of which was the property owned by him at avenue H and Fourteenth street, where he lived for many years. He built the first residence in that part of the city.

Mr. Bentinck died in Galveston, November 15, 1870, leaving a widow, who is still living, and several children. He was married December 26, 1835, ^'^ -^t. Johns, Bermuda. His wife bore the maiden name of Harriett Roe, and was a native of Queen's county, Ireland, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary A. Roe. They had eight children, - five sons and three daughters, viz. : Catherine, William H., Caroline, Josephine, George F. , David and Henry W. The eldest of these, Catherine, was married to John Allardyce, by whom she had six children, - Samuel G., William H., John M., Euphemia M. (deceased), Robert E. L. and George D. Mr. Allardyce died February 28, 1S71. Mrs. Allard_\'ce resides in Galveston. William H. Bentinck enlisted in the Confederate army during the late war, and died from wounds received in the service. John E. Bentinck resides in Taylor, Texas. Caroline Bentinck was married to Joseph Dakin, with whom she now resides at Bryan, Texas; and Josephine. George F. Bentinck lives in Waco, and David and Henry W. live in Galveston. The mother of these children, now in her eighty-third year, having been born May 10, 18 12, is numbered among the old Settlers of Gaheston island, having resided here continuously for a period of fiftyfive _years. The religious connection of the family is with the Episcopal Church.

eDMUND QUIRK, deceased, was a native of Ireland, born in the year 1786, a man of some means and of enterprising and adventurous nature. He emigrated to Texas early in the present century, as a member of Powers' Colony, and settled in Refugio county. He was accompanied by his family, consisting of wife and three children, and came to the new country, intending to make it his home. Soon after his arrival his wife was taken sick and died. He married again and moved from the settlement in Refugio county to a ranch on the Colorado river still further toward the frontier. Durinj^ the troubles between the settlers and the Mexicans preceding the Revolution of 1835-6, he served in different companies of "minute-men," and helped to protect those on the frontier against the attacks of the marauding bands of Mexicans and Indians. After the battle of San Jacinto he moved to Galveston island, and was living here when Michael B. Menard and his associates laid out the town of Galveston. He ever after made this place his home and died here November 17, 1874. He was three times married, but had only three children, these being by his first marriage: Michael, William and Catherine. The sons are both deceased.

Catherine Quirk, only daughter of Edmund Quirk, was born in Ireland, May 7, 1832. She was married to Edmund Drew, of Galveston, on February 7, 1847, and by this union had eight children, as i-ecited in the sketch of Edmund Drew elsewhere in this volume. After the death of Edmund Drew, Mrs. Drew was married to Robert Phillipson, and by this marriage she has one daughter, Katie, wife of E. B. Nichols, and one son, Thomas Phillipson, both residing in Galveston.

aHARLES FORDTRAN, now residing in Austin county, is, both in point of age and residence, one of the oldest - living Texans, having been born in the year 1801 and a resident of Texas since 1829. He is a native of Prussia, was educated in the best schools of Germany, and at the age of twenty-six emigrated to the United States, whence after brief stops in the cities of New York, St. Louis, Missouri, Natchez, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, he came in